2 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Where do you go for holiday?

To places which you know and you like(d)?

Or to new places which might be interesting?

Obviously it's nice to discover new places. But I am sure many will remember their good times in Thailand and return - eventually. 

I try to find a new place every time now. I noticed the memories always get spoiled when you return to the same spot. Or at the very least have a decade between visits.

1 hour ago, androokery said:

Returning tourists? What is he on about? You’re only supposed to go to Thailand once. Once in a lifetime.

 

... You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave .. unless in a casket. TAT in action.

21 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Just coming in for a landing now

But not in Thailand as border closed (unless of course it's a Thai national flying pig)

Another Deluded Idiot !

37 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Why did you ever visit Thailand or even consider Thailand?

That's a long story, 1st trip was quite a long time ago, and things were quite different back then.

 

Actually, It was so long ago, in fact, you would walk down a busy soi and hear many times Thais yelling out

"i lub you" 

as they passed on their bikes/vehicles.

1 hour ago, androokery said:

Returning tourists? What is he on about? You’re only supposed to go to Thailand once. Once in a lifetime.

Once more in our lifetime might be a possibility, especially for the more advanced members of this forum.

 

The way things are going with entry requirements, the older folks might not make it back at all, holiday or otherwise.

It won't happen. We experience now the introduction of the new world and financial order. The ruling establishment worldwide uses Corona as a pretext. Never in history basic factory workers could travel to Thailand or another country just for fun holiday. The worldwide rulers did not like that. And now it is over. Forever. The party is over. Brave new world.

1 hour ago, DrTuner said:

I try to find a new place every time now. I noticed the memories always get spoiled when you return to the same spot. Or at the very least have a decade between visits.

I would agree completely, as we grow a little older everyday, we can never hope to replicate the memory of a prior trip and end up disappointing ourselves with the fact that it just wasn't the same.  Sort of like going and watching the Home Alone movies or such, the sequels just are not as good as the originals.

26 minutes ago, pookondee said:

 

I know they do great deep fried gizzards, but surely the women cant all look like that?

yikes!

The questions is where do her thighs start...

12 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

The questions is where do her thighs start...

I saw quite a few of them yesterday in my town in the UK, staying in today, my eyes need a rest! How's Hillary 2???

3 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

And last but not least: Thailand is easy compared to many other countries. Let a Thai person apply for a visa to Europe or the USA, etc. That is a lot more difficult and often impossible because "back home" governments make it clear who they want and who they don't want.

VISA is harder because Thais tend to stay and work illegally (often as sex workers).

Most of us come here and just spend money, buy hookers houses, etc.

 

I've been here 10 years, no insurance, no unpaid hospital bills, spent around 10Mbht.

Presumably most other foreigners are spending the same amount, and leaving no liabilities.

You'd think it would be worth their while giving the odd heart attack victim a freebie, in order to collect all that foreign currency.

 

But hey, I don't buy insurance, and am happy to move to a country where it's not required, if Thailand doesn't want my money any more.

Edited July 31, 20205 yr by BritManToo

39 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

I would agree completely, as we grow a little older everyday, we can never hope to replicate the memory of a prior trip and end up disappointing ourselves with the fact that it just wasn't the same.  Sort of like going and watching the Home Alone movies or such, the sequels just are not as good as the originals.

At 64 I'm having the best time ever, been here nearly 12 years.

If your time here isn't so good, you probably need to change something.

Edited July 31, 20205 yr by BritManToo
typo

35 minutes ago, tribalfusion001 said:

I saw quite a few of them yesterday in my town in the UK, staying in today, my eyes need a rest! How's Hillary 2???

Pretty slow. Musics fine. Headed home in a few. I think k folks are out of money.....end of the month.

Edited July 31, 20205 yr by ThailandRyan

20 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

At 64 I'm having the best time ever, been here nearly 12 years.

If your time here isn't so good, you probably need to change something.

it is why we mix it up and do different things. Headed back down to phuket on Tuesday for a stay at a place i have never been to. Has its own private beach. All inclusive package.

5 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

What do you expect?

What would happen if you have a heart attack and have to go into a hospital. A few days, an operation or two, and that cost real money. Do you have that money ready? And if not, who should pay it? The Thai tax payers?

 

It's easy to understand that you want to come here. But look at it from the Thai point of view. What is the advantage for Thailand to let you in without insurance and maybe without quarantine?

100k $ insurance ... now tell me which public hospital cannot take care for you for at least 1/10th of that number . 1/10th is 10000 US$ which is at today rate 312.000 bath . There is no need for such number . Prob US people are used to superhigh hospital bills , but not in most parts of the world . A couple of 1000 baht will last a long time in public hospitals . So there is no need beside greed to be asking numbers like that .

16 hours ago, pantsonfire said:

Well Durrrrr

Now we know why these guys make the big bucks. 

People have become de-socialized and scared to leave their homes, a sort of PTSD. Tourism will take years to recover.

I see bali and the Philippines are welcoming tourists now  and they have active cases why would international tourists come here and jump through thai hoops just to visit unless they change it they will be so far behind they will never catch up in the short-term anyway

Genius! And also, Daylight to return after night time ends.

9 hours ago, sezze said:

100k $ insurance ... now tell me which public hospital cannot take care for you for at least 1/10th of that number . 1/10th is 10000 US$ which is at today rate 312.000 bath . There is no need for such number . Prob US people are used to superhigh hospital bills , but not in most parts of the world . A couple of 1000 baht will last a long time in public hospitals . So there is no need beside greed to be asking numbers like that .

Did you ever visit a public hospital in Thailand?

Do you know about their average English "skills"?

Do you know how long you have to wait sometimes (or often)?

Many, probably almost all, foreigners go to private hospitals for a reason. And in emergency situations maybe nobody asks them and they are transported to private hospitals.

And in the private hospitals 300,000B is spent very fast.

 

I agree it's possible to get some treatments in Thailand relative cheap in public hospitals but the only foreigners I know who used them are foreigners who live here and speak Thai, not tourists.

Somehow many people forget or ignore the economic impact of the pandemic. I, for one, won't do any pleasure travel in the near future even if the world opens up as it was before covid

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7 minutes ago, LukKrueng said:

Somehow many people forget or ignore the economic impact of the pandemic. I, for one, won't do any pleasure travel in the near future even if the world opens up as it was before covid

Not even a pleasure travel walk to Nana or Soi 6?

Yeah,and I predict it will stop raining once the rain season is over.Am I am expert for weather now?

21 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Did you ever visit a public hospital in Thailand?

Do you know about their average English "skills"?

Do you know how long you have to wait sometimes (or often)?

Many, probably almost all, foreigners go to private hospitals for a reason. And in emergency situations maybe nobody asks them and they are transported to private hospitals.

And in the private hospitals 300,000B is spent very fast.

 

I agree it's possible to get some treatments in Thailand relative cheap in public hospitals but the only foreigners I know who used them are foreigners who live here and speak Thai, not tourists.

Every 3 months for my regular appointments (50bht hospital fee, and tablets 1bht each).

Nurses almost none, Doctors pretty good, and the words they don't have they type into Google translate.

If you're not bleeding or in obvious pain, 2-4 hours.

Emergency situations, either immediately or sometimes a 5-10 minute wait.

My biggest emergency bill was around 3,000bht, but that included 3 nights (1 in a ward, 2 in a private room).

Edited August 1, 20205 yr by BritManToo

Many of us , for better or worse , (largely better in my humble opinion) do rely on Thaivisa for local news.. rather disappointed today gentlemen .. this is really a non starter as a “news” story. No facts, no credible sources etc etc.... have the editors taken the weekend off?

72% are return tourists, 20% are first timers and 8% got lost somewhere

25 minutes ago, mrmicbkktxl said:

Yeah,and I predict it will stop raining once the rain season is over.Am I am expert for weather now?

 No rain yet here....no rainy season..

what a brilliant and foresighted prediction. deserves an award.

14 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Just coming in for a landing now

Mmmmmmmm..bacon......Keep em coming TR!